bridge to the past

bridge to the past

new beaver dam

From my recent trip to Lake Conestee Nature Park.

After a long, impatient wait for the park workers to complete a new footbridge over backwater spillage from a beaver dam built this year, an interesting new trail loop is now available. And the first thing I noticed, half way across the bridge, was this nice view of the front of the new dam and the pond it created.

lazy green river
red tree with boulders
Table Rock from Bald Rock
I will lift up my eyes to the hills
duck silhouette
heron takes a bath
deer crosses river
foggy mountain morning
blue mountains with yellow and orange sky
Freedom Comes Alive

This heavily processed image began its life as a photo of thick frost on an iron handrail for a pedestrian bridge across the Reedy River in SC.

flooded park with trails underwater
Campbell's Covered Bridge ground level
Mallard's Big Wake
sun warms large black cast iron pot
trees in sun trees in shadow
old lodge at Table Rock
sunburst through scraggly mountain-top tree
sunlit trail
crashing waves
sunlit trees across the lake
okay, okay, I'm leaving
footbridge across back of Lake Placid with painterly effect
Meet Billy Cat
trees dance til dawn
my father with blur effects
no footprints here
where's my partner
soft shapes and colors of early morning
sun lights up footbridge across low lying area
little brown bird sings
lake cat watches
busted screen
Hello?
deer enters vegetation covered backwater pond
paved path
ruckus in the distance
sun shines on bent little tree
bald rock warmed by morning sun
hungry heron
footbridge over quiet backwaters
pedestrian bridge over Reedy River
glass hawk
hawk on pedestrian bridge
heron flies through fog over beaver pond
sunrise at bald rock
campbells covered bridge sign
beaver pond with bent tree in sunlight
mountain home with a view
footbridge in sunlight
sunlight peaks through the trees
dawn at bald rock
quiet backwaters from a wooden footbridge
no trespassing
the moon still remembers
lake of fog
intruder alert
somebody had the right idea
blinded by the light
bent tree evokes childhood memory
old bridge new spring
deer watching
true friends
beaver ponds in winter
first light
pretty place at dawn
secluded view from bald rock mountain
I rescued a pet bunny from the wild
park steps with painterly effect
two geese in quiet backwaters
sun beams on pedestrian bridge over Reedy River
two ducks on a log
family of geese in sunlit backwaters
mountaintop trees at dawn
sunlight and shadow on a frosty morning
heron in fall with painterly effect
sun lights up rising mist below Hooker Falls
me taking in a peaceful morning at Table Rock
sitting at my computer
honey what the heck are you doing over there
you had to be there
Table Rock view from Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway 11
billy cat and the frog
closest I've ever been to a heron
fog across the lake
early morning reflections
she heard the shutter click
sunlight on lake placid
two trees too close to the edge
log in the lake
sunlit tree reaches out over lake placid
sun and shadow with fog on the water
a moment in the shade
young buck and fawn
danger around the bend
forbidden path
beaver ponds through the trees
Paris Mountain from Bald Rock
what we all came to see
on the edge of forever
wide view of beaver pond and heron nests tree stand - may 2012
siege of herons - Feb 2018
heron with twig in pink sky - Mar 2017
heron pair builds new nest - Feb 2016
heron on tree-top nest in silhouette - Dec 2015
heron siege destroyed - Sept 2020
my 2000 Toyota Solara
covered bridge from the hillside
oops! people in the shot
a burst of white on a colorful horizon
egret flies short distance, lands on edge of sunlit area
egret dances in the morning sun
egret and heron prepare to do battle
still rattled from the battle, the heron eyes some food
through the reeds
lazy stream in shadow by a sunlit tree
table rock from bald rock pano
mother and child in morning sun
where is the sun
sunrays appear
a little foreground detail with bright sun
fire in the sky
closer look 2
observation tower at sassafras mountain
layers and layers to infinity
sun and orange sky
pano of Table Rock Mountain and Pinnacle Lake